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Glazed bead
Faience wedjat eye.
Faience wedjat eye. this form of amulet was meant to protect the wearer from evil and represented the eye of the god Horus. It is a traditional Egyptian motif and was often placed within grave assemblages. From grave 914.
Height: 0.029 m
Length: 0.04 m
Method of acquisition: Given (1921) by Oxford Expedition to Nubia (1912-13)
Meroitic
Third Intermediate period
Circa
-700
-
Circa
-600
Accession number: E.136.1921
Primary reference Number: 52154
Oldadmincategory: A
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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